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[接上页] (b) a territory to which it has been so declared that the Convention extends, not being a territory to which it has been so declared that the Convention has ceased to extend;"Convention ship" (公约船) means a ship registered in a Convention country and "Convention passenger ship" (公约客船) shall be construed accordingly; "declaration of survey" (验船声明书) means a declaration under section 10 or 11; "general safety certificate" (一般安全证明书) means a certificate issued under section 15(1) in respect of a passenger ship registered in Hong Kong; "international voyage" (国际航程) means a voyage from a port in one country to a port in another country, either of those countries being a Convention country; "non-international voyage" (非国际航程) means a voyage which begins and ends within the waters of Hong Kong, during the course of which the ship concerned does not call at any port outside Hong Kong; (Added 5 of 1993 s. 2) "passenger certificate" (乘客定额证明书) means a certificate issued under section 14; "qualified cargo ship safety construction certificate" (有限制货船构造安全证明书) means a certificate issued under section 21(3)(a)(ii) or 21(3)(b); "qualified cargo ship safety equipment certificate" (有限制货船设备安全证明书) means a certificate issued under section 17(2)(ii); "qualified cargo ship safety radio certificate" (有限制货船无线电安全证明书) means a certificate issued under section 18(2)(ii); "qualified safety certificate" (有限制安全证明书) and "qualified short voyage safety certificate" (有限制短途航程安全证明书) mean a certificate issued under section 15(2)(ii); "short international voyage" (短途国际航程) means an international voyage- (a) in the course of which a ship is not more than 200 nautical miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in safety; and (b) which does not exceed 600 nautical miles in length between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the final port of destination;"short voyage safety certificate" (短途航程安全证明书) means a certificate issued under the proviso to section 15(1).a (2) For the purposes of the definitions of "international voyage" (国际航程) and "short international voyage" (短途国际航程)- (a) no account shall be taken of any deviation by a ship from its intended voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstances that neither the master nor the owner of the ship could have prevented or forestalled; and (b) every colony, overseas territory, protectorate or other territory for whose international relations a government is responsible or for which the United Nations are the administering authority shall be deemed to be a separate country.___________________________________________________________________ Note: * This Ordinance was amended by the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Amendment) Ordinance 2000 (6 of 2000). Section 19 of that Ordinance provides as follows- "19. Savings Any certificate issued under Part II of the principal Ordinance before the commencement+ of this section which is valid immediately before that commencement shall remain in force for the part of its validity period left to run as at that commencement as if the certificate had been issued under that Part as amended by this Ordinance and for that period of validity, and the provisions of the principal Ordinance as amended by this Ordinance shall apply accordingly.". + Commencement date: 28 January 2000. Cap 369 s 5 Appointment of Government surveyors (1) The Secretary for Economic Development and Labour may appoint persons to be Government surveyors for the purposes of this Ordinance. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002) (2) Persons appointed as Government surveyors may be appointed as ship surveyors, nautical surveyors, engineer surveyors or radio surveyors, or in more than one of such capacities. Cap 369 s 6 Powers and duties of Government surveyors (1) For the purpose of ensuring that this Ordinance has been complied with, a Government surveyor may at all reasonable times go on board a ship and inspect the ship and its equipment or any part thereof, any articles on board, and any document carried in the ship in pursuance of this Ordinance, the Merchant Shipping (Registration) Ordinance (Cap 415), the Merchant Shipping Acts or rules or regulations made thereunder. (Amended 74 of 1990 s. 104) (2) In making an inspection under this section, a Government surveyor shall have all the powers conferred by section 115. (3) A Government surveyor may inspect any ship under this section notwithstanding that it may be exempt from any provision of this Ordinance. Cap 369 s 7 Returns by Government surveyors (1) A Government surveyor shall make such returns to the Director as he may require with respect to the build, dimensions, draught, cubic capacity, speed, fuel capacity, and the nature and particulars of machinery and equipment, and specifying the number of the certificated officers and seamen of ships surveyed by him. |